'Divest' definitions:
Definition of 'divest'
(from WordNet)
verb
Take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" [syn: deprive, strip, divest]
verb
Deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights" [syn: divest, disinvest] [ant: enthrone, invest, vest]
verb
Reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa" [syn: divest, disinvest] [ant: commit, invest, place, put]
verb
Definition of 'Divest'
From: GCIDE
- Divest \Di*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divested; p. pr. & vb. n. Divesting.] [LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See Devest, Vest.]
- 1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Wretches divested of every moral feeling. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) See Devest. --Mozley & W. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'divest'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abridge,
- bankrupt,
- bare,
- bereave,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- curtail,
- cut off,
- denudate,
- denude,
- deplume,
- deprive,
- deprive of,
- despoil,
- disencumber,
- disentitle,
- disinherit,
- dismantle,
- displume,
- dispossess,
- disrobe,
- doff,
- drain,
- dry,
- ease one of,
- exhaust,
- expose,
- flay,
- fleece,
- impoverish,
- lay bare,
- lay open,
- lighten one of,
- lose,
- milk,
- mine,
- mulct,
- oust,
- pick clean,
- pluck,
- plunder,
- put off,
- relieve,
- remove,
- rid,
- rob,
- shear,
- skin,
- spoil,
- strip,
- strip bare,
- suck dry,
- take away from,
- take from,
- take off,
- tap,
- uncloak,
- unclothe,
- uncover,
- undress,
- unsheathe,
- unveil